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mesocotyl

mesocotyl noun: the white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule.

Noun

mesocotyl (plural mesocotyls)

  1. The white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule
    • The bHLH genes R, B, Sn and Hopi were subsequently identified in maize and shown to induce tissue-specific anthocyanin biosynthesis, including expression in the aleurone layer, scutellum, pericarp, root, mesocotyl, leaf and anther.2016 March 5, “The Tomato Hoffman’s Anthocyaninless Gene Encodes a bHLH Transcription Factor Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis That Is Developmentally Regulated and Induced by Low Temperatures”...

Forms of mesocotyl

pluralmesocotyls

Words formed from mesocotyl

Questions about mesocotyl

What does mesocotyl mean?
Mesocotyl means the white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule.
What part of speech is mesocotyl?
Mesocotyl is a noun.
What is the plural of mesocotyl?
The plural of mesocotyl is mesocotyls.

Words near mesocotyl in the dictionary

  1. mesocorticolimbic circuit
  2. mesocorticolimbic circuits
  3. mesocorticostriatal
  4. mesocosm
  5. mesocosms
  6. mesocotyl
  7. mesocotylar
  8. mesocotyls
  9. mesocoxa
  10. mesocoxae
  11. mesocoxal

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